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(No M0331.)

Jv. FENNING, DeGd.

S. FENNING, Administratrix.

BILLIARD GUE TIP.

No. 343,235. Patented June 3.1333.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES FENNING, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT; SARAH FENNING ADMINIS- TRATRIXOF SAID JAMES FENNING, DECEASED.

BILLIARD-CUE TIP.`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,235, dated June 8,1886.

Application filed September 2, 1885. Serial No. 176,002. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.- c

Be it known' that I, JAMES FENNING, of Danbury, county of Fairfield, andState of' Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Iin-A provenientin BilliardCue Tips, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to a method of fastening the several partsof'billiard-cue tips together, and of securing the tip to the cue by Iomeans of an attachment hereinafter described in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings.

Figure lis a billiard-cue tip, formed of two or more pieces. (marked a'0.) Fig. 2 is a piece of i; leather or other suitable material, (marked1),)

forming a base to the original cue-tip, (marked a o, Fig. 1,) and fittedto a disk, hereinafter described, said base to be attached to theoriginal cue-ti p by means of sewing with threads,WaXed 2c or otherwise,(l prefer waxed,) said threads being used f'or the double purpose ofuniting firmly the several pieces forming the original tip, Fig. l,(marked a 1),) independent of glue or other adhesives, and at the sainetime firmly attaching the base, Fig. 2, (marked 1),) to the originaltip, (marked a o in Fig. l.) Fig. 3 represents the sectional parts ofthe original tip,

(marked a o, Fig. 1,) with the piece forming the base, (marked 1),)withthe threads riveting 3o them,(marked tt.) Fig. l.tis a disk, (marked d,)

with a fiange, (marked f,)f`orminga receptacle for the base of the tipbefore described. u is a screw through the disk, holding the same firmlyto the cue. s s s are screws through 3, 5 the flange of the disk beforedescribed,holding the tip firmly to the disk. Fig. 5 is asectional' Viewofa combination of Figs. l, 2, 3, 4, and

5, connected with the ciie,(marked 0,)forming a complete whole.

I wish to show by contrast the superiority of my device for attachingbilliard-tips to cues by means of waxed threads over all others attachedby adhesives. I beg to refer to patent to Howe, No. 259,273, June 6,1882. By reference to drawings, Fig. 2, will be found a flat piece ofleather attached to a disk by means of metal points, the tip beingattached to said piece of leather with glue. The glue, beingaffectedboth by dry and damp atmosphere, is liable to cleave from the cue whendamp or dry weather predomiuates, as it will soften ina damp and crackin a dry atmosphere. The advantage of waxed threads over glue or otheradhesives is, that it is notaffected by wet or dry weather, and can besoaked in water or dried in an oven and remain firm under either or bothconditions. As before stated, the tip is attached to a disk,and saiddisk is attached to the cue by a flat pin passing through a ferriile, B,and heid in place by means of screws F, Fig. 1.However good it mayappear in theory,it is in practice a failure, as the concussion .i iiplaying loosens the screws, and the tip, disk,

and fiat pin fall from the cue together. In mydevice the tip is held byscrews passing through the flange of a disk into the piece of leatherforming the base of the tip. The elasticity of the leather keeps aconstant pressure on the screws, and they are not affected by thecoucussion of the blows in playing..

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new isl. Thecombination of the tip c o, the base b, and the thread t, united in themanner and for the purpose set forth.

'2. The combination of the tip a v, the base b, and the thread t, withthe disk d, having a fiange, f, constructed in the manner and for thepurpose set forth.

3. The combination of the tip an, base b, thread t, disk d, with theflange j", with screw n and screws s s s, adjusted to a billiard-cue, inthe manner and forni specified.

JAMES FENNING.

Witnesses MICHAEL J KEATING, BENYET W. HoUGH.

